Magic Windows
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| Title: | Magic Windows |
| Publisher: | Dark Horse Publishing Group/Golden Heart Press |
| Editor(s): | Roxanne Shearer Koogler |
| Date(s): | June 1991 |
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| Medium: | print zine |
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| Fandom: | Beauty and the Beast (TV) |
| Language: | English |
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Magic Windows is a 127-page het Beauty and the Beast (TV) anthology edited by Roxanne Shearer Koogler.
It has art by Dragon, Kriss Farver, Rita Terrell, Barbara Gipson, Sandra Shelton, Sharon Young, Paula Ollie, Donna G. Leva, Lisa K. Wildman, Phyllis Berwick, Kathy Wooding, Randy Pender, and Kristy Effinger.
Summary
From a flyer:
What worlds lie next to ours, almost close enough to touch? What fantastic and magical landscapes would we see, if we only knew how to look for them?
There are places in our busy, rushing lives where the walls between the worlds grow thin, and sometimes we may catch - glimpses of other places, other times...other realities. Not everyone can see these magic places, for not everyone is brave enough to look. But for those of stout heart, it is possible to look into the shadow worlds and see things that are not, but should be; things that never were, but should have been.
All you need to do is find the Magic Windows...
From the Editor
This has been a really... interesting year. The split in fandom seems to have reached the same Brobdingnagian proportions as my phone bill, and I am Frankly Baffled. I mean, what damn difference does it make if I found elements of the third season I liked, and others didn't? That doesn't change the fact that Catherine's death devastated me and that I want her back. Where does it say that, because I actually like Diana, I must automatically want her to hop in the kip with Vincent? Lemme clue you in here ~ it ain't exactly on my top ten list. I don't care if you liked the third season or hated it - that's your call. I don't care if you're a "classic" fan, a "third-season" fan, a "fifty-six episode" fan, or if all you liked about BatB is the episode "Fever" and nothing else - if you found something about the show that made you feel good, that uplifted you, that made you think, then we have something in common. Petty differences of opinion can't change that. Even if some of us can't agree about the third season, each of us still has a right to her own opinion, and deserves the right to express that opinion freely and without fear of being ostracized for holding it. There is no "politically correct" position in this, or there shouldn't be. And, if you let anyone tell you there is, I think you're assigning a power to them that no one person or group in this fandom should have.
(stepping off the soapbox now...)
Contents
- Magic Windows, poem by Pam Smith (8)
- How Vincent Came to Sherwood by Pam Smith (9)
- Across the Ages, poem by Margaret Davis (18)
- The Singing Hills by Phyliss Amason ("Vincent rescues Catherine from marauding Indians on the American Frontier.") (19)
- "A lark caught in a hunters net...", poem by Linda Jordon (28)
- The Missives of Montclair by Lisa K Wildman ("In 1728, the Lady Catherine is kidnapped by the Dread Pirate Vincent.") (29)
- Like Alice by Pam Smith (40)
- Jungle Encounter by Pam Smith ("Catherine is rescued from the giant ape Tublat by a mighty-thewed, golden-haired forest god.") (41)
- Hard As... Luggage by Sherry A. Bass ("Penny-Annie (one of Mary Sue's cousins) loses her luggage at JFK, and stumbles into the tunnels while trying to find it.") (46)
- Haiku Cycle by Phyliss Amason (49)
- A Crystal Cavern Tale, poem by Pam Smith (51)
- A Winter's Eve, poem by TJ Wildman (52)
- A Matter of Trust by Adele Turner (reprinted in Love Songs #2) (53)
- Double Feature by Linda Mooney ("Two vignettes of Vincent as big-screen heroes.") (61)
- "I could awake in the early morning...", poem by Lisa K. Wildman (67)
- You Ask by MariLynn (68)
- Between Black & White by Sandra Saidak & Catriona Harrison ("When Vincent is seriously wounded in an accident, Peter Alcott sends a new doctor Below, one whose old rivalry with Father may jeopardize Vincent's recovery.") (69)
- Mirror Image by MariLynn ("Mouse comes to Vincent with a fanciful tale of having seen Catherine. But is it really Catherine -- or her twin sister?") (77)
- Perfection, poem by Katrina Rett (96)
- ReQ'D by Sandra Saidak (crossover with Star Trek: The Next Generation) (97)
- Waters of Truth by Margaret Davis ("Vincent is visited by the winged unicorn Shadowmist, who tells him of an enchanted pool which may tell him where Catherine is being held... or which may cost him his life.") (103)
- Escapade, poem by Pam Smith (116)
- Dreams At Odds by Fraser Sherman ("Diana's fantasy is for Vincent to have one last night with Catherine. But can Mr. Roarke keep Gabriel from destroying them all?") (crossover with Fantasy Island) (117)
- Are You Lonesome Tonight?, art by Barbara Gipson (127)
Sample Interior
Barbara Gipson, Vincent as Indiana Jones
Reactions and Reviews
This zine consists of quite a mixed bag of story lines. Several stories find Vincent and Catherine in alternate/fantasy universes: Sherwood Forest, old Kentucky, a jungle and more. Three stories follow events of the 3rd season. One is a SND; in another, Vincent discovers Catherine's twin sister; and in the final story, Mr. Rourke (of Fantasy Island) grants Diana's wish to allow Vincent one last day with Catherine. Diana appears as a friend in this zine. There is also a Star Trek: The Next Generation crossover, plus a thought-provoking Vincent and Catherine married short story. Nice art with Barbara Gipson's pieces being extremely memorable. There's definitely something for everyone here. [1]